338 pages ; 22 cm

Ten "essays, lectures, personal reminiscences, and interviews."

The little man at Chehaw Station -- On initiation rites and power : Ralph Ellison speaks at West Point -- What these children are like -- The myth of the flawed white Southerner -- If the twain shall meet -- What America would be like without blacks -- Portrait of Inman Page : a dedication speech -- Going to the territory -- An extravagance of laughter -- Remembering Richard Wright -- Homage to Duke Ellington on his birthday -- The art of Romare Bearden -- Society, morality, and the novel -- "A very stern discipline" -- The novel as a function of American democracy -- Perspective of literature

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